Match-box holder.



J.L.GAPFNEY.

MATCH BOX HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.18,1912.

JOI-IN L. GAIFNEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MATCH-BOX HOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented J une 10, 191,3.

Application tiled September 18, 1912. Seria] No. 720,958.

To (di wlw/m, fit may concern:

3e it known that l, JOHN L. Garmin', a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, reA siding at Chicago, in the county of @ook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMatch-linx Holders, of which the following is a specification.

rlthis invention relates to improven'lents in a device to be used forsupporting and hohling match-boxes on the walls of rooms or othervertical supports, and it consists in certain peculiarities of theconstruction, novel arrangement and operation of the varions partsthereof, as will be hereinalter more fully set forth and speciticall yclaimed.

l he principal object of the invention is to provide a match box holderwhich shall be extremely simple in construction, of few parts, cheaplymanufactured, strong, durable, attractive in appearance, easily placed:in operative position, and effectual in all respects in the performanceof its functions. To provide a match box holder of such construction asto be particularly adapted for holding and locking against easy removal,that type of n'latch-hoxt-is which contain safety or parlor matches,that is, the hind of matches which it is necessary in order to ignitethem, to strike or rub their heads on a specially prepared surface. Ylnthis class of matclrboxes, the matches are held in an open faced boxwhich is slid into a case therefor, which is open at each of its ends sothat said box can be extended from either of its ends in order to exposethe matches for use, and said case usually has on one or both of itssides the aforesaid specially prepared striking surface. Such boxes ofmatches, when left lying on a table or mantle-piece in rooms of hotels,are usually taken away by the guests, and to prevent this, yet Vtofurnish means for holding the boxes in convenient places with thematches exposed for use, is another object of the invention.

@ther objects and advantages will be disclosed in the followingdescription and explanation.

In order to enable others skilled in the artto which the inventionpertains to make and use the same, l will now proceed to describe it,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is aface View of a match box holder embodying the invention, showing a matchbox placed thereon with the matches exposed ready for use; Fig. .2 is aside view thereof; ltig. 23 is a plan sectional view taken on line 3-3of lFig. 1 looking in the direction indicattal by the arrows; and Fig.4- is a tace view ot' the blank out of which the burnt match receptacleis formed.

`l'iilte numerals of reference rel'er to correspomling parts throughoutthe dilt'erent views ol the drawing.

The holder consists of two pieces, which are preferably made of sheetmetal, the main supporting piece lt), being substantially rectangular inshape and having near each of its ends an opening 11., to receive spikesor nails 12, used for securing it to the wall 13, or other verticalsupport. rlhe piece 10, has punched therefrom a tongue 1:11, the lowerportion of which is free and rounded as shown by the dotted line inlFig. l of the (,lrawing. Near the lower portion of the tongue l-t, themember or piece 1,0, is provided at each of its edges with an upwardlyextended projection 15, each of which is bent outl slightly from theface of the member 1t), yet extended in parallelism therewith to receivebetween them and the member 10, laterally extending' projections 1G, oneof which is formed on the upper portion of the side edges of the othermember l0, of the holder, which latter member is by `preference formedof a single piece of inaterial of the forni shown in 'I "ig, t of thedrawing, that is to say, of a sheet 17 of metal piffwitfletl at one ofvits edges, at the middle thereof, with a tongue 1S, which has its freeend 1t), bent at a right angle thereto, preferably on the dotted lineQ0, of Fig. 11. lhe sheet; of material 17, is bent to form a receptacleQ1, substantially semicircular in cross section, for the reception ofthe burnt matches, and the ends of this receptacle are closed by meansof flaps or wings 2Q, formed integrally with the plate or sheet 17, andwhich [laps or wings may be bent on the dotted lines Q3, and secured tothe ends of the receptacle 21, by means of solder or otherwise. As shownin Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawing, each of the lateral projections 16, isslightly rearwardly deflected so as to extend real 'wardly of the clipsor projections 15, on the main supporting member when placed in positionthereon.

In using the device the plate or member 10, is fastened to the wall orsupport 13, by means of screws or nails 12, when it is obvious that thetongue 14, which is projected forwardly of, yet in substantialparallelism with the face of said member 10, will be in position toreceive the match box, the sliding open faced box 2st, of which shouldbe entirely inclosed within the open ended casing'Q, therefor. `When theparts of the match box are thus arranged, the tongue 14, is insertedbetween the back of the box 241,

and the back of the casing 25, when, by-

sliding the box upwardly on the tongue 1l, to its juncture with theplate 10, the free end 19, of the tongue 18, can be placed against thelower end of the box Q4, when, by moving the receptacle 21, and tongue18, upwardly, the box 24, will also be slid upwardly, thus permitting`the projections 16, .on the member 10a, to be inserted between theprojections 15, on the member 10, and the wall, when, by drawing thereceptacle 21, downwardly, it is obvious that the same will be held bymeans of the projections 15 ,and 16,`engaging one another. TWhen thusarranged, the casing 25 of the match box, can be slid down to theposition shown in Fig. 1, in which position the casing 25, will serve tolock the member 10"L in position against easy removal, and it is obviousthat the casing 25, of the match box will also be similarly locked inposition, yet the matches will be exposed so as to be readily reachedfor use. It is also apparent that as the member 10L and the receptacle21 thereon is detachably connected to the main supporting member 10, itcan be easily removed by raising it so that the projections 1G thereonwill be disengaged from the projections 15, on the member 10, and thatthe burnt matches can be dumped or emptied from said receptacle.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is- A match box ho-lder consisting of a mainsupporting member provided with a tongue extended forwardly anddownwardly in substantial parallelism with said member and having itslower end free, a projection on the supporting member at each side ofthe lower portion of said tongue, each of said projections beingextended forwardly land upwardly in substantial parallelism with thesupporting member and secured thereto at their lower ends, anothermember having a horizontally disposed receptacle and at each of itssides alateral project-ion to engage the first named projections, saidlast named member also having between its sides an upwardly extendedtongue provided at its free end with a deflected part to rest againstthe botto-mvof the match box and to sustain it with one end thereofextended through the casing of the box.

ln witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, this 12th day ofSeptem ber 1912, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN L. GAFFNEY.

Witnesses Ci-nxs C. TILLMAN, A. S. PHILLIPS.

Copies ,of this patent may be obtained 'for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washingt on, D. C.

